Updated April 28, 2026 @ 2:20pm
Ontario Provincial Police say they're investigating a car crash involving two cruisers that happened as officers were responding to an earlier collision that claimed the life of one of their colleagues on Monday.
Police say Northumberland OPP officers responded to a report of a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Highway 401 near Burnham Street North just after 5:30 p.m.
They say OPP Sgt. Brandon Malcolm, who was on duty at the time of the crash, died at the scene.
OPP say that while officers were responding to this initial crash, two of their cruisers were involved in a second collision with a passenger vehicle that was stopped near the scene.
Police previously said the vehicle had stopped to provide help at the site of the motorcycle crash.
OPP say three officers were taken to hospital as a precaution but have since been released, and no other injuries were reported.
Police continue to investigate both collisions. They say the office of the chief coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service are working with police to examine the circumstances of the fatal crash.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 28, 2026.
